/kyooh"bi keuhl/ , n.
1. a small space or compartment partitioned off.
2. carrel (def. 1).
3. a bedroom, esp. one of a number of small ones in a divided dormitory, as in English public schools.
[ 1400-50; late ME cubiculum bedroom, equiv. to cub ( are ) to lie down + -i- -I- + -culum -CLE 2 ]